26 February 2008
PKR Crowns First Master
PKR.com, the popular 3D-look poker room, hosted its biggest ever
tournament last weekend and totalled over $160,000 won on the
site.
A range of big money guarantees rolled from Friday night through
to Sunday with the jewel in the crown, the $75
WPT Bring Some Magic to WPT Poker-Made Millionaire
The WPT announced this week that professional poker player and WPT
Champion Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari will join the company as
the face of the WPT Poker-Made Millionaire™, an elite group of 84
players and growing who have won at least $1 mill
25 February 2008
The pros descend on the WPT LA Poker Classic
A total of 428 players came back for Day 2 at the WPT LA Poker
Classic, with an incredibly strong field throwing together some
really scary looking tables. Two in particular stood out above the
rest, and were the centre of attention for the railboard
Timothy Vance wins EPT Copenhagen
It took a monumental heads-up battle to finally clinch victory, but
in the end the overnight chip leader Timothy Vance beat Soren
Jensen to win the title and $1,236,095 prize money.
Second European Championship of Online Poker Unveiled
iPoker have unveiled the structure of the second European
Championship of Online Poker. The online tournament series will
consist of ten tournaments played over ten consecutive days and
will span game types such as No Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha,
Duplicate Poker World Championship launched
DuplicatePoker.com announced late last week the launch of the
first-ever Duplicate Poker World Championship. The inaugural
competition aims to determine the world's best poker player by
using the Duplicate Poker format, which aims to reduce the amoun
22 February 2008
Day 2 in Copenhagen: Nielsen Leads
AzC
Yesterday saw 170 players return to the Casino Copenhagen for Day 2
of PokerStars European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open, with Noah
Boeken, Thor Hansen, Alex Kravchenko and Luca Pagano the most
notable players remaining.
TV Presenter Takes To The Tables – And Wins!
TV presenter Kara Scott has won £20,000 at the PartyPoker.com
Sports Stars Challenge. On her way to the first place she outlasted
a table which included snooker champion Steve Davis and former
Manchester United star Norman Whiteside.
From Flop to Foxtrot – Shannon Elizabeth to Dance With the Stars
American television network ABC has announced the lineup for their
new series of ‘Dancing with the Stars’, and one of our favourite
poker recruits is going to take part.
21 February 2008
EPT Copenhagen Day 1b: Eastgate Leads Tough Field
The Day Ones have been completed. This year’s EPT Scandinavian Open
has a total of 460 entrants, generating a prize pool of $4,156,270.
Amongst the well-known players in the field on Day 1b were Andy
Black, Tony G, Katja Thater, Luca Pagano, and Mich